Posted on: 20-02-05 23:51:46
Thursday, February 17, 2005 (Narhai):
The small village of Narhai in Uttar Pradesh is suddenly on NASA's map.
A 17-year-old boy from here, Saurabh Singh, has beaten all odds to top NASA's International Scientist Discovery (ISD) exam.
Saurabh, a class XII student, has even bettered Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, who finished seventh when he sat for the examinations in 1960.
"I had always dreamt of going on a mission on a spacecraft. I came to know about ISD when I was preparing for the Indian Institute of Technology, Joint Entrance Examination," says Saurabh.
The other famous Indian to have done well in the International Scientist Discovery exam was Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist of the ill-fated Columbia space shuttle and the first Indian woman in space. She had stood 21st in the 1988 exams.
But unlike her, Saurabh had never heard of NASA till he began preparing for his IIT entrance exams.
Proud achievement
For Saurabh's parents, his achievement is a dream come true.
"I was confident that my son would do well in his studies. He made it possible with his own efforts," says Nirmala Singh, Saurabh's mother.
Saurabh is now eagerly awaiting his call letter from NASA and hopes to meet his idol President Kalam before leaving for the US a few months from now.
When he goes, Saurabh will be carrying with him the pride of his family, his village, and the entire country.
Jai Hind
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ani
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I can't seem to find any ‘International Scientist Discovery Examination’ any place on the web, -- and all the references I get are from the Indian newspaper stories about Saurabh Singh -- Nothing on Oxford and this exam either either -- I think there is something fishy here -- or could somebody please guide me what thisexamination is all about?
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This is something that I found on the web when I was trying to google for NASA's ISD exam. Even I could not find a single link which takes me to the actual details about this exam - if it exists.
Another comment that I found on the web, which is what came to my mind too:
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Just think about it. I didn't achieve anything gr8 in life. A normal Indian guy. I knew about damn NASA when I was 11 years old. I knew about space and I know about NASA's expedition to Moon. U can say that I knew about it still I m not in NASA. But the thing that matters is knowledge.
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Good on him. But if he dint know abt the existance of NASA until he prepared for IIT, i think hes more of a bookworm and not an intellect.
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The new seems great - but I would take it with a pinch of salt. What do you say guys?
Chandresh
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Chandresh
Advice is free – lessons I charge for!!
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Orginally posted by chandresh
The new seems great - but I would take it with a pinch of salt. What do you say guys?
Chandresh
Chandreshji, a pinch of salt won't be sufficient. Take it with a handful of salt. How true your hunch was. Read on...
http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/23nasa.htm
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Man's Best Friend 
This is really frustrating to know about Indian Media coverage standard.This news actually came in NDTV which is treated as a leading news channel.
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ani
Well, I guess he must be a bright kid but really, the Indian media does go overboard in these situations. Many daydreamers there.
This is like one of those emails you receive on a regular basis where some 15 year kid in India has written an operating system 15 times faster and more efficient than Windows and that will topple Microsoft finally. If I had a dime for everytime I received that forward, I'd be a rich guy.
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Are you there?
Lesson for everyone, cross-examination is a must for success stories before start running on the narrated path. You never know claims can be a work of smart fiction.
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Try overtaking child's imagination
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Orginally posted by jago_desi
Lesson for everyone, cross-examination is a must for success stories before start running on the narrated path. You never know claims can be a work of smart fiction.
Hey JD, are you referring to the thing that I think you are referring to??
Chandresh
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Chandresh
Advice is free – lessons I charge for!!
